Recently I've been happy because a lot of male R&B singers stay successful with quality music, which is exactly what R&B is supposed to be. Each of the latest releases from major R&B artists, such as Musiq, Marques Houston, Tank and Joe, is very sophisticated, sensitive and lyrically melodious in the exactly opposite way of unmelodious crossovers like Crunk&B, and in addition to that, I've heard that they are all commercially successful as well.

It seems that a large part of R&B artists are recalling the reasonable way to take hip-hop into their music, not trying to be dirty or bling but just making good soul music with a bit of street flavors. The wording "good soul music with a bit of street flavors" really reminds me of R&B from the early and mid '90s, when the "hip-hop soul" was at its hottest.

But speaking of the '90s R&B, it's pretty sad for me to see that today there are just two male R&B groups that are contracted to major…

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 20 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while 180 represents an extremely varied one.

(Just for me, stars = artists I haven't listened to/don't listen to a lot that appear more than once)

So it's no secret that I'm a huge fan of r&b boybands like 112, Next, Dru Hill, One Chance,New Edition, Blackstreet and such, but my favorite r&b boyband has got to be Jagged Edge.I really love their voices and the emotion they put into each and one of their songs. I only wish they could have the success they had 5 or 6 years ago, because now all of his singles are flopping but anyway I decided to make a list of my top 15 Jagged Edge songs!

15. Good Luck CharmAlbum: Jagged EdgeWas it a single?: YesComments: This is probably their most romantic song ever. Just hearing it makes me go awww. It's a song I'd love to dedicate to someone one day.

14. Can We Be TightAlbum: Jagged Little ThrillWas it a single? NoComments: The ONLY song where you can hear Kyle singing. He seriously needs to have a bigger role in the band because there's a lot more to him than background vocals as he proved in this song and in Quit Actin.

The newest single from Akon's forthcoming album. Akon is already taking up the charts with his "Smack That" single -- so it seems as though he's taking advantage of the great hype he already has by releasing another single from his album to give us all a taste of what's to come. The single isn't all that upbeat, which is refreshing.

Well last night Lil Wayne came to Chattanooga, for the first time. The concert was lame for a while cuz they kept stallin till Wayne came out, doin dance contests and other wack shit. There were a lot of local artists at the beginning,then as it got later some other ppl showed, T-Pain, One Chance( you know, Usher's group), 8-Ball & MJG, and Cham. T-Pain was actually pretty good though, that "I'm In Love With A Stripper" song had the girls gettin wild haha.

Anyways it didn't really get good till Wayne came out, shit got crazy then. Everyone was throwin up the red flags and shit. He did about 10-12 songs, he started out with stuff off the Carter 2: Fireman, Money On My Mind I'm A D-Boy, Best Rapper Alive, Hustler Musik, and he did some old school stuff too like I Need A Hot Girl and Drop It Like Its Hot too so that shit was nice. He also did that Fat Joe - Make It Rain song, he did the hook and then spit his own verses, same with Camron's - Suck It Or Not. …